Latest ceramics firing, for sale on my Facebook page.

Today firing. Lots of new things, plus a few more tea lights as they are very popular. The kitchen utensil pots with Poppies, Irises and sunflowers. £12.

Small vase with poppies £9

Tea lights £8

Candle holder or large tea light. £15

Small bowl £7

Small round vase £10. Dorset scene with poppies and wildflowers, 

Small vase £10 Wildflowers. 

Getting the kiln ready.

Getting the kiln ready yesterday. Always exciting to see it opened in the morning. 

Painting my ceramics.

A few pieces painted and ready for glazing. The painting is done in layers and takes a number of hours to build up to achieve the depth of colour. 

Another firing to add to my facebook selling page.

Detailed , unique hand painted and home fired ceramics of Dorset Scenes and southern France.

 Tiny jugs, £6

Bud vases £8

Beautiful bowls, large size £12, with Dorset scenes

Little miso bowls or sugar bowls £7 with French scenes.

Small pasta plates or deep plates £10 with lavender fields

Small jugs £7

Miso bowls £7

Another firing to add to my facebook selling page.

Another firing today. The tea lights are very popular with their pretty colours and warm glow. £8 each or £15 for a pair. The small pasta plates/deep plates are £10 each with very detailed pictures of lavender fields and sunflowers/poppies or the Dorset seaside. Miso bowls and small mugs £7.

A very warm summer's evening in Mons.

The weather has been hot, with the deepest of blue skies this month. I'm really surprised that the wild flowers and butterflies survive in this heat. It is glorious though. I've been painting in the cooler evening out on the terrace and have just finished two small pasta dishes with a scene from beautiful Olagues, the next village along the valley from us in Mons and a scene from the lavender fields of the south of France.

Today I took my breakfast out and walked along the beautiful Jaur from the priory St Julien to the lovely old medieval village of Olargues. The local market was just setting up in Mons as we went through. There is a lovely German gentleman who produces jams and flours from his chestnut trees on the slopes of the Espinouse just above Olagues, a cheese seller with every local cheese under the sun and a fruit grower among other stalls. It's only small but along with the delicious smell from the baker and the buzz of the auberge, Mons La Trivalle was hotting up for a busy day.

We often enjoy meeting up with friends from all over the region. Yesterday we visited some dear friends and I present him with one of my bowls and he gave me some of his wonderful curry pastes. It's always lovely to see someone's delight when they receive a gift that they obviously really like. 

The donkey's decided it was too hot for them in their small field last night and escaped to wander in the village and enjoy the delights of freedom. 

People come from far and wide to walk up the beautiful gorge d'heric and climb the footpaths up the Caroux.

I've been making fig jam today. It's bubbling away nicely in the kitchen of our little stone sheepfold.